... Flatey ( Flat Island ) , a fertile island in Breidafjord , where Bishop Klæng of Skalholt had estab- lished a cloister in the year 1172. This cloister was in 1184 removed by Klæng's successor to Helgafell , on the coast of Iceland . The ...

Rasmus Bjorn Anderson. - - . . THE FLATEY BOOK AND RECENTLY DISCOVERED VATICAN MANUSCRIPTS.

... FLATEY BOOK MANUSCRIPTS . TEPHEN HANSEN ( Stephanius ) , who edited Saxo in 1644 and served as Royal historian in Denmark , died in 1650. Upon his death Frederick the Third appointed the Icelandic Bishop Brynjulf Sveinsson to succeed ...

... Flatey which is large enough to host a small village , a big history and a public ferry dock . FLATEY The largest and most populated island in Breiðafjörður is Flatey , the hearth of a low- lying island cluster whose beauty is found in ...

An investigation ensues and the case is mysteriously linked to the contents of a medieval manuscript known as the Book of Flatey.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.

... Flatey The largest of the Breiðafjörður islands , FLATEY is a tranquil haven of two dozen or so restored wooden cottages set amid fields of bright yellow butter- cups . If you like the idea of having nothing to do all day but stroll ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

... Flatey to the anchorage . Lights are ex- hibited from them when required . Another pair of yellow stone beacons stands on the point westward of the Flatey trading station . The front beacon has a disc - shaped topmark , and the rear ...